A camera that a man finds in the back seat of his car contains a photograph of a murder.


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Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Production Company: Real Art Productions
Audio/Visual: sound, black & white
Keywords: camera; Henry Kendall; Ida Lupino; murder

Creative Commons license: Attribution 3.0

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Reviewer: MhArch - - February 18, 2012
Subject: Edited by David Lean
Several people who became famous were associated with this film. The editor was David Lean, who later directed such hits as "Bridge on the River Kwai, "Doctor Zhivago" and "Lawrence of Arabia."

Reviewer: gary carradine - - January 7, 2012
Subject: cool movie
i have to admit that i like the movie. But i gave a rating of 4-star because that video quality is low. Can someone upload a complete mpeg2 version of the film? or the whole DVD item? please?

Reviewer: ohrabbits - - December 30, 2010
Subject: This was good
I wasn't hoping for much, so was pleasantly surprised. Kept my attention, amusing, and wasn't Ida Lupino quite the sweetie. Loved the awkward leading man character.

Reviewer: madpigmadpig - - December 29, 2010
Subject: What a Gem!
I can't believe the innovative cinematography and editing in this film. These filmmakers were way ahead of their time. Also, the writing was rather unusual. Most intellectual characters are portrayed as being totally inept outside of a laboratory and/or having a cowardly streak a mile wide. This protagonist was a refreshing departure from such clichés.

Great movie. I definitely recommend it to anyone.

Reviewer: Dr Feel Rotten - - December 8, 2010
Subject: Fun movie
This is ultra Nerd gets the girl.. I enjoyed listening to "Oh dear, Oh my.whatever shall I do?" kind of innocence in this goofballs acting and he makes it seem so real instead of most movie "nerds" who seem faked especially when the young lady is in her undies at night in his bedroom. He looks like he's about to have a wet dream whilst awake there. It was hilarious..A must watch film!
John Mills was obviously still in his own acting infancy here when he looks square into the camera asking where his shoes or whatever he was looking for were. of course he went on to be one of British cinema's great actors eventually staring in Great Expectations.. Another early film he did was a cutesy musical, Car of Dreams. I enjoyed that one despite my general distaste of most musicals.
It's hard to believe that fresh faced young blonde girl was actually Ida Lupino when we've seen her in so many much saucier films as the tough talking raven haired beauty or am I thinking of a different Ida?

Reviewer: billbarstad - - September 1, 2010
Subject: A Good, Early British Mystery/Thriller
I didn't think it was going to be much, but I got caught up by the interplay between the leads, Ida Lupino and Henry Kendall. I'm glad I did, just for the third act. Kendall plays quirky druggist John Gray returning from vacation, who's surprised that a camera has found its way into his car. Wanting to return it, he develops the film which reveals an act of murder, along with other photos leading him to Mary Elton (Lupino). The camera belongs to her brother Ernest (John Mills), who has disappeared, and is wanted in connection with a jewel theft. John and Mary then go searching for her brother, getting to know one another. The murderer wants the camera, and has traced him by spotting his car's license number, which is a glaring plot hole, since he only caught a quick look at the car from several hundred feet away as John was driving below him.

The best part of the movie comes in the third act, where Ernest faces a coroner's inquest into the murder. The scene where the coroner (played by solid character actor Felix Aylmer) questions Ernest over his testimony is riveting. This is followed by another great scene, as Ernest recalls the circumstances of the murder.

I downloaded the 541MB AVI file. There are noticeable missing frames in the video. Otherwise, video and audio quality are fine.

Reviewer: maineatticus - - September 1, 2010
Subject: "Quota Quickie" with Sir John Mills
I love this movie and have a VHS copy of it that I play once in a while. Many people find Henry Kendall over-bearing, but I just love to see him act. His scenes with Ida Lupino are hilarious. And wasn't she a dish back then! Must have been all of 18 or so. Love the hair.

Many of these "Quota Quickie" films gave so many great filmmakers and actors the skills they used later on. Directors like Michael Powell (The Red Shoes)and David Lean. And actors like Sir Mills. They are pages in history that show the beginnings of luminaries in British cinema.

I give this a 5.

Reviewer: kareneliot - - September 1, 2010
Subject: Patience rewarded
I thought it was supposed to be a bumbling farce at first, then it became slow moving and drawn out, and it didn't get "good" until the last 20 minutes when the tale finally begins to unravel, but I am so glad I stuck it out.

Glad enough that I am giving it 4 stars for entertainment value.

There was some nice scenery and I absolutely adored the scientist guy, and I liked the brother/sister characters too (and what was with the dim-witted maid? She was creepy. And I did not like scientist guy's annoying helper either. I want to fix him up with the weird maid...).

The story was original, intriguing, kept my interest, kept me guessing, left me smiling.